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Originally Posted by Xenon

well, from what i see, that wasn't meant personal.

It's a matter of facts, that a site with the size like vb.org doesn't life because of you or me or Paul or whoever as individual. The site lives, because the community is here. Of course a community is made of individual, and noone can replace someone else directly, but from what i see that wasn'T meant. It was meant on a global aspect like Marco said, you can look at a lot of enterprises to see that as well.

The problem is if someone feels too special about hisself. It's sad but it is the way it is, and that has nothing to do with you or Ken or whoever. Everyone in the staff is included in that statement as well. If an admin quits, there will be a new one. Of course some things will changes then, as noone can replace anyone totally, and what counts for admins, that counts for mods, and for coders and even for normal users, who just contribute by reporting bugs.

That maybe true, but the same could be said about the world - people live, people die, the world continues, the individual doesn't matter.

However, it's not an attitude most people would agree with, and I don't believe it's true. The contributions of a single person can change the course of humanity. It may in fact be the only way the course of humanity can be changed.

I'm not claiming that any of us here are going to 'change the course of vb.org' with our achievements, but someone will, and I am sure someone already has more than once.

If you think individuals don't matter then you tend to treat them that way, and you end up where we are now.